EP1346659A2 - Dispensing device for flat objects of different series - Google Patents

Abstract

The holder/dispenser (1), especially for coins of different values, consists of a receptacle (2) with a supple plastic insert (10) having radial ribs (16) and a ring containing a guide (11), a pusher (12) and a flexible vane (13). The ribs, which have Y-shaped flexible ends, form separate compartments for objects (100) such as coins of different sizes. The coins can be dispensed as required through outlet slots (5) by means of a manually or electrically operated selector (4) on the receptacle's lid (3).

Description

The present invention relates to a device facilitating the distribution flat objects of different series. This device can be used to distribute tokens or the like but is in particular intended to form a wallet to facilitate the distribution of coins of different values.

The usual use of a wallet implies, after opening, rummage inside the wallet to look for coins, or spill the entire contents of the wallet in the palm of your hand. Because coins are loose, their value is not easily identifiable and these pieces are therefore difficult to choose.

Some purses include compartments or bellows that do not remedy, or very partially, these difficulties, the parts can be inadvertently mixed and remain therefore difficult to choose.

There is, as illustrated in document CH-A-582 495, a purse comprising a housing defining housing for receiving series of stacked parts, and comprising a pivoting cover having a opening. Each accommodation is sized to receive parts of a given value, and the cover can be pivoted to bring its opening in coincidence with one or the other of the dwellings and thus make it possible to free selectively a coin of a determined value.

This wallet is not entirely satisfactory, since it frees up all of the parts in a series and does not allow easily release a number of pieces corresponding to a sum to be paid.

The present invention aims to remedy these drawbacks.

The device concerned comprises, in a manner known per se, a receptacle defining receiving housings of the different series of objects and means making it possible to hold these objects in one position in these housings and, in another position, to release these objects.

• chaque logement contient, ou est défini par, au moins une paire de pattes souples propres à maintenir normalement au moins un objet entre elles, ces pattes étant mobiles de manière à libérer cet objet et à permettre ainsi la sortie de cet objet hors du logement ; et
• le dispositif comprend un organe mobile de sélection, pouvant être amené dans différentes positions de sélection, dans chacune desquelles il se trouve en regard d'un logement, et pouvant, dans une position de sélection donnée, agir sur ledit objet ou sur lesdites pattes souples du logement correspondant de manière à libérer cet objet.

According to the invention:

• each housing contains, or is defined by, at least one pair of flexible legs suitable for normally holding at least one object between them, these legs being movable so as to release this object and thus allow the exit of this object from the housing; and
• the device comprises a movable selection member, which can be brought into different selection positions, in each of which it is located opposite a housing, and which can, in a given selection position, act on said object or on said flexible tabs of the corresponding housing so as to release this object.

Thus, it suffices to bring the selection member opposite the accommodation. containing an object which one wishes to extract from the receptacle and to activate this selection member for extracting this object from this receptacle.

An easy and precise selection of one or more objects is made possible thanks to this device. When the latter is a wallet, each dwelling contains rooms of a given value and the device allows you to select the parts to obtain and extract them from the receptacle without having to search for these parts among a set of parts in bulk.

• chaque paire de pattes souples d'un logement maintient plusieurs objets dans le logement et est conformée de manière à permettre une mobilité de ces objets entre les pattes souples, par gravité ;
• l'ouverture que forme le réceptacle pour la sortie des objets contenus dans ce logement est aménagée en regard de la position qu'occupe naturellement un objet sous l'effet de la gravité, et
• l'organe de sélection est conformé pour venir, lorsqu'il est actionné, commander une action sur cet objet permettant l'extraction de ce dernier hors du logement.

advantageously,

• each pair of flexible legs of a housing holds several objects in the housing and is shaped so as to allow mobility of these objects between the flexible legs, by gravity;
• the opening formed by the receptacle for the exit of the objects contained in this housing is arranged opposite the position which an object naturally occupies under the effect of gravity, and
• the selection member is shaped to come, when actuated, command an action on this object allowing the extraction of the latter out of the housing.

The extraction of an object from the housing thus frees up a location, which comes next to occupy by gravity the next object in the series of objects. When you want to extract several objects from the same housing, it is enough operate the selection device as many times as the number of objects to extract.

The replenishment of housing in objects is carried out simply by inverting the device and inserting the objects through said housing openings.

When the device according to the invention is a wallet, the selection can, if necessary, be activated several times to extract as much coins of the same value.

The parts to be extracted to form a given sum can thus be particularly simple and easy, eliminating all risk error.

• les logements sont disposés selon un arc de cercle ;
• l'organe de sélection est disposé en position radialement interne par rapport aux logements et est mobile en pivotement autour d'un axe confondu avec l'axe du cercle générant l'arc selon lequel sont disposés les logements, et
• l'organe de sélection est solidaire d'une pièce mobile radialement venant, lorsque cet organe est actionné, agir sur l'objet à extraire d'un logement ou sur lesdites pattes souples.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention,

• the housings are arranged in an arc;
• the selection member is disposed in a radially internal position relative to the housings and is pivotally movable about an axis coincident with the axis of the circle generating the arc along which the housings are arranged, and
• the selection member is integral with a radially movable part which, when this member is actuated, acts on the object to be extracted from a housing or on said flexible tabs.

The receptacle may include a transparent wall or a wall having transparent portholes facing the housing, to allow the visualization of the objects contained in the accommodation and thus facilitate the identification of the dwellings containing the objects to be extracted, and / or can also include identification signs of objects contained in housing.

The device can be associated with one or more storage means other objects, in particular a housing for receiving flat objects such as identity papers or banknotes.

This device can be used alone, or can be paired with another identical or similar device if the number of series of objects makes it necessary.

This coupling can be achieved by means of a hinge connecting the two devices, and the facing faces of these two devices can, when the devices are close to each other, delimit one or more accommodation for receiving flat objects such as identity papers or Bank notes.

These devices thus form a portfolio in addition to forming a wallet.

The device according to the invention can be used by being placed on a cash register or a dispensing device or attached to such a cash register register or such a dispensing apparatus, thereby making it possible to return the currency without the need to take coins with the hand.

The selection device can be operated manually or by electrical energy.

La figure 1 en est une vue en perspective éclatée, selon une première forme de réalisation ;

la figure 2 en est une vue partielle, dans une autre position de fonctionnement que celle montrée sur la figure 1 ;

la figure 3 est une vue en perspective éclatée d'un sous-ensemble qu'il comprend ;

la figure 4 en est une vue en perspective selon une autre forme de réalisation, dans une position et sur un côté ;

la figure 5 en est une vue similaire à la figure 4, dans une autre position, et

la figure 6 en est une vue similaire à la figure 4 sur son autre côté par rapport à la vue selon cette figure 4.

The invention will be clearly understood, and other characteristics and advantages thereof will appear, with reference to the appended diagrammatic drawing, representing, by way of nonlimiting examples, two possible embodiments of the device which it concerns.

Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view, according to a first embodiment;

Figure 2 is a partial view, in another operating position than that shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of a sub-assembly which it comprises;

Figure 4 is a perspective view according to another embodiment, in a position and on one side;

FIG. 5 is a view thereof similar to FIG. 4, in another position, and

FIG. 6 is a view thereof similar to FIG. 4 on its other side with respect to the view according to this FIG. 4.

FIG. 1 represents a purse 1, comprising a receptacle 2, a cover 3 and a selection member 4.

The receptacle 2 has a series of four slots 5 passing through its wall peripheral, these slots 5 being arranged so as to be flush with its back wall 6.

The receptacle 2 receives a piece 10 of flexible plastic material, a guide piece 11, a pusher 12 and an elastic blade 13.

The part 10 comprises a circular part 15, flexible tabs 16 projecting radially from this circular part 15 and a wedging projection 17 integral with this circular part 15.

As it appears, the legs 16 and the projection 17 allow a fixed positioning of this part 10 in the receptacle 2, the ends free of the legs 16 and the projection 17 coming into abutment against the wall receptacle device 2.

Two adjacent legs 16 are intended to receive closely between they a series of coins stacked 100, the different legs 16 being arranged at distances from each other determined according to 100 piece diameters of different values.

Between the tab 16 visible on the left of FIG. 1 and the wedging projection 17, the part 10 delimits, with the receptacle 2, a housing 18 for receiving loose parts or other small items.

The circular part 15 includes four slots 19 arranged from its edge intended to come against the bottom wall 6, between each pair of adjacent legs 16.

Each tab 16 has a free end in the shape of a "Y", that is to say widening in the direction of the end of the leg 16 and forming two beads 16a spaced from each other. This free end also has a slot in the beads 16a, at a height of these, from their face intended to come against the bottom 6, substantially corresponding to the thickness of the coin types 100 intended to be placed on either side of the leg 16.

The lower parts of the beads 16a individualized by these slots are flexible and are movable laterally. These lower parts of beads 16a of two adjacent legs 16 are normally located in a position in which they ensure the retention between the legs 16 of the 100 coin located at their height but, as shown in the Figure 2, these lower parts are movable to a position of deformation in which they allow the passage between them of the part 100 coin located at their height. The rest of the beads 16a ensures the holding the other 100 coins of the same series between the legs 16.

The guide piece 11 has a circular shape whose diameter external is slightly less than the internal diameter of the circular part 15 of the part 10, so that this guide part 11 can be engaged and can pivot inside this circular part 15. As shown more particularly Figure 3, this part 11 has a bottom 20 defining a guide groove 21 and an opening 22 opposite this groove 21.

The pusher 12 has a blade-shaped part 25 and a boss 26.

The blade-shaped part 25 is engaged and can slide in the groove 21. This sliding is possible between a radially position internal shown in Figure 1 and a radially external position shown in FIG. 2. In this radially internal position, the end of the part 25 opposite the boss 26 is set back from the internal face of the wall peripheral of the part 11, thus allowing the pivoting of this part 11 in the circular part 15. When it is moved to said position radially external, the part 25 engages through the opening 22 and of the slot 19 opposite which the pusher 12 has been brought by pivoting of the part 11 in the circular part 15, then presses against the lower part 100 of a series of parts and press this part 100 radially outwards, against the aforementioned lower parts of the beads 16a, until bringing this piece 100 to pass through the corresponding slot 5.

The boss 26 comprises a hole 27 intended to receive, with immobilization, a pawn secured to the selection member 4, to which it is thus linked in pivoting and translation.

The blade 13 is an elastically flexible blade, in particular a metallic blade, having a length slightly less than the internal diameter of the part 11. This blade 13 is fixed to the boss 26 at its central part.

As can be understood with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, the blade 13 normally maintains the pusher 12 in said radially internal position of this pusher, and the displacement of the pusher 12 towards its position radially external elastically deforms this blade 13 (cf. FIG. 2), the latter being able to thus return the pusher 12 to its radially internal position by recall elastic.

The cover 3 has a shape such that it can fit together with friction on the receptacle 2, thus closing the latter. It includes a central opening 30 for receiving the selection member 4, portholes transparencies 31 opposite the different housings defined by the pairs of adjacent legs 16, pins 32 and a retractable hatch 33 of closing the housing 18.

The portholes 31 make it possible to view the parts 100 contained in the various dwellings and include, in relief or depression, the value coins likely to be engaged in these dwellings.

The marks 32 are located between the opening 30 and the portholes 31, and have a triangle shape, the bases of these triangles being turned towards portholes 31 and their points being turned towards the center of the opening 30.

The selection member 4 includes bosses 35 in relief facilitating its pivoting actuation, and an arrow 36 indicating, when it is located opposite the tip of a reference 32, that the part 25 of the pusher 12 is opposite the corresponding slot 19.

As is easily understood from the description which precedes, the selection member 4 can be pivoted until the arrow 36 either opposite a reference 32 then can be moved in translation, thus causing the pusher 12 to move between the positions radially internal and radially external above, and carrying out the extraction of a part 100 of the selected series of parts. When the pressure on the selection member 4 is released, the blade 13 returns the pusher assembly 12 / selector member 4 in radially internal position, and another part 100 of the same value can be extracted by a new translation of the organ selector 4, or this selector 4 can be pivoted to select a coin of another value.

Figures 4 to 6 show an assembly 40 including two devices 1 identical in structure and operation to that of device 1 described in reference to Figures 1 to 3.

The two devices 1 are in this case coupled by means of a hinge 41, which increases the number of series of parts available and to cover all series of existing coins of a currency.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the bottom walls 6 of the receptacles 2 can be arranged set back from the edges of the walls peripherals of receptacles 2 and thus delimit reception housings flat objects 101 such as identity papers or banknotes, held in place by clips 42.

In addition, the assembly 40 comprises two housings closed by hatches 33, increasing the storage possibilities for 100 loose parts or other small items.

The invention thus provides a device facilitating the distribution of objects flattened from different series, having different sizes from one series to another, in that it makes it possible to easily release a determined number of objects, particular of parts corresponding to a sum to be paid.

It goes without saying that the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above as an example but that it extends to all forms of realizations covered by the appended claims.

Claims (8)

Device (1) facilitating the distribution of flattened objects (100) of different series, comprising a receptacle (2) defining receptacles for receiving the different series of objects (100) and means (4, 5, 16, 16a) allowing, in one position, to hold these objects (100) in these housings and, in another position, to release these objects (100);
device (1) characterized in that : each housing contains, or is defined by, at least one pair of flexible legs (16) suitable for normally holding at least one object (100) between them, these legs (16) being movable so as to release this object (100) and thus allowing the exit of this object (100) from the housing; and the device (1) comprises a movable selection member (4), which can be brought into different selection positions, in each of which it is located opposite a housing, and which can, in a given selection position, act on said object (100) or on said flexible tabs (16) of the corresponding housing so as to release this object (100). Device (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that : each pair of flexible legs (16) of a housing holds several objects (100) in the housing and is shaped so as to allow mobility of these objects (100) between the flexible legs (16), by gravity; the opening (5) formed by the receptacle (2) for the exit of the objects (100) contained in this housing is arranged opposite the position that an object (100) naturally occupies under the effect of gravity, and the selection member (4) is shaped to come, when actuated, to command an action on this object (100) allowing the extraction of the latter out of the housing. Device (1) according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that : the housings are arranged in an arc; the selection member (4) is disposed in a radially internal position relative to the housings and is pivotally movable about an axis coincident with the axis of the circle generating the arc along which the housings are arranged, and in that the selection member (4) is integral with a radially movable part (12) which, when this member is actuated, acts on the object (100) to be extracted from a housing or on said flexible tabs (16). Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the receptacle (2) comprises a transparent wall or a wall having transparent windows (31) and / or signs for identifying the objects (100) contained in the accommodation. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it is associated with one or more means (18; 6, 42) for storing other objects (100), in particular a receiving housing flat objects (101) such as identity papers or banknotes. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the selection member is actuated by electrical energy. Assembly (40) formed by two devices (1) according to one of claims 1 to 6 coupled to each other. Assembly (40) according to claim 7, characterized in that the coupling of the two devices (1) is carried out by means of a hinge (41) connecting the two devices (1), and in that the faces (6) facing these two devices (1) can, when the devices (1) are brought together, delimit one or more receptacles for receiving flat objects (101) such as identity papers or Bank notes.

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